19 and Crazy
| "19 and Crazy" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Bomshel | ||||
| from the album Fight Like a Girl | ||||
| Released | September 28, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | Curb | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mark Irwin Josh Kear Kristy Osmunson Kelley Shepard | |||
| Producer(s) | Mark Irwin, Josh Kear, Kristy Osmunson[1] | |||
| Bomshel singles chronology | ||||
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"19 and Crazy" is a song recorded by American country music duo Bomshel. It was released in September 2009 as the third single from their debut album Fight Like a Girl. Kelley Shepard and Kristy Osmunson, who comprise Bomshel, co-wrote the song with Mark Irwin and Josh Kear. Osmunson, Kear, and Irwin also produced the track.
Content
[edit]"19 and Crazy" is an up-tempo country song that centralizes on its female narrator, who states a desire to retain the lifestyles of her late teenage years.[2]
Critical reception
[edit]Kevin J. Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B rating. He stated that "the song has an incessant driving beat that straddles the fence between urgency and just plain annoyingly fast."[3] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave a positive review, saying that it was similar in theme to Mark Wills' "19 Somethin'" but adding, "it's tempered by a sense of maturity by the opening stanza, where she realizes she[…]might tell her children not to do all of the crazy things that she did."[2]
Music video
[edit]The video was directed by Eric Welch, and features the duo on their touring.
Chart performance
[edit]"19 and Crazy" debuted at number 55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated October 3, 2009.[4] On the chart dated November 7, 2009, it became Bomshel's second consecutive Top 40 country hit. It peaked at number 33 in December 2009.
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 33 |
References
[edit]- ^ Fight Like a Girl (CD booklet). Bomshel. Curb Records. 2009. 78946.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ a b Bobby Peacock (2009-11-02). "Bomshel — "19 and Crazy"". Roughstock. Archived from the original on 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
- ^ Coyne, Kevin (2009-09-20). "Bomshel - "19 and Crazy"". Country Universe. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ^ Morris, Edward (2009-09-26). "Justin Moore's "Small Town USA" Tops Country Songs Chart, Taylor Swift CD Returns to No. 1". CMT.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ^ "Bomshel Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.